Comments on: GoogleUpdate.exe? http://garyburge.com/2008/06/09/googleupdateexe/ Gary Burge is an experienced web developer and techno-activist Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Gary Burge http://garyburge.com/2008/06/09/googleupdateexe/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Gary Burge Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:07:20 +0000 http://garyburge.com/blog/?p=53#comment-247 I have since learned that GoogleUpdate.exe is (or is part of) Google Gears, a legitimate and useful software program that allows web applications in the "cloud" to be used offline. The problem I have with GoogleUpdate.exe is that even though one uninstalls all Google software and all software using Gears, GoogleUpdate.exe still remains, still runs as a service, reinstalls itself, and provides no uninstall facility. Sort of like Sony's root kit. Not the thing I expect from the "do no evil" company. I have since learned that GoogleUpdate.exe is (or is part of) Google Gears, a legitimate and useful software program that allows web applications in the “cloud” to be used offline.

The problem I have with GoogleUpdate.exe is that even though one uninstalls all Google software and all software using Gears, GoogleUpdate.exe still remains, still runs as a service, reinstalls itself, and provides no uninstall facility. Sort of like Sony’s root kit.

Not the thing I expect from the “do no evil” company.

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